Musharraf gets the royal snub
Clinton administration bluntly rejected third party mediation in the Kashmir issue saying it continued to believe that direct, bilateral talks was the best route to resolving the matter.



Prabhakaran holds key to Lankan elections
One man who is most likely to influence the outcome of next month's parliamentary elections in war-torn Sri Lanka is not even among the thousands of candidates conducting a frenzied and an often violent campaign.



Annan challenges world leaders to put people first
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan challenged the largest ever gathering of world leaders on Wednesday to protect their people from misery and develop an agenda to eradicate poverty, wipe out disease and forge peace.



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